9 reasons to adore nakedness, i mean tarot

1. Nakedness. Seriously. Naked women, naked truth, transparency. You pick the order.
2. Singing. Your inner wisdom doesn't just speak to you with cards, it SINGS to you! A raw, sweet, in your face song. Every song is different, but an endless possibility of songs, a complex range of notes. Velvety and grinding. Yum.
   
3. Makes the unseen seen. Whether it's your emotions, your thoughts, how energy is flowing, possibilities, emptiness, consciousness...you can see and experience vibrations happening in a more concrete way.
4. Helps the overly heady. Holistic patterns, rhythms. Helps bring right brain thinking, not just linear thinking. Also, drops you into your body by activating your hands touching the cards. For someone who can be overly analytical, I find it helps balance me and get me into heart-mind.
5. Symbol heaven. Objects, Colors, Directions, Planets, Signs, Animals, Numbers. Lightness, Darkness....so many gateways to get your attention and connect with meaningful insight. A thorough collection and range of consciousness to draw upon.
   
6. Storytelling. Rather than just a word or vibe, a story lays out before you. A pattern. A pathway that draws you deeper into you, deeper into truth, deeper into creation...if you listen to the whispers of the story, and the characters, and the theme...beautiful.
   
7. Answers, nice. Learning to question, priceless. Layouts teach you to ask, analyze, organize. And then when there are no cards, your ability to examine complex relationships is right there, in a layout/spread in your mind. Insights even come to a particular location in a 'frame' in my mind...on the right are possibilities, on the left are motivations. Below, what is hidden, above are actions. I don't need cards to have insights or visions show up in certain places within my mind. Organizing clarity.
   
8. Appearing friends. The cards just show up in my mind sometimes. They are friends. Honest friends, tricky friends, mischievous friends, sweet as honey friends....And just like different friends meet different needs, the cards just dance right up into my consciousness and say hello, here is what you seek....look closely at this part of me.
9. Nakedness. Seriously. Strip down and see the truth, baby...it's staring right at you.

Tools are just tools. I see naked, someone else sees whatever they see. The tool bearer is where the insight lays. Cardsl can really help people who are visual or clairvoyant. Can also help someone who is claircognizant (I just know!  This is my primary sense.) to learn to identify intuitions. I've never taught a class specifically on using cards, but this tool was instrumental in helping me trust and be accurate. Maybe someday.

Do you use or like Tarot? Or what helps you gain insight?

spot readings to focus your attention to expand

Interested in a spot reading?

I'd be happy to tune into an area you can focus your attention on now to expand your conscious awareness. This is really my primary gift as an intuitive. With the many various things that you can possibly focus on, what can you focus on now that is most aligned with your soul, awareness and potential for expansion... right now.

Just add a comment if you're interested and I'll check in for as many of you as I can.
UPDATE 10/27/09. This post is now closed for further spot readings, but I'll plan to offer them again! Please subscribe to catch them next time. Thanks and much love.

sonia's papa visited during a reading

Our loved ones want us to know they are with us in spirit and love us. Our family roots are strong in us. I remember when I didn't want to pass on messages like the one below. Now I love it. A few clients recently told me that I am their own Lisa Williams. Glad to serve.

One day, a client says she feels spirits around her and always has. She wonders what I see about her deceased loved ones.

"Hmm. Not getting much. In fact, it feels really far away and not really connected to you. I don't really feel a message for you the way I usually do. It's different. Hmm. Here is what I do see:

I see a Papa. He's at the head of a table. Papa. There's a woman with a needle also, she's sewing. And there's something about writing. There are others. It's a big table, like a feast. He's leaning in, curiously, with his shoulder towards me, and rubbing his chin some. He's direct. Curious. Strong. Even giving orders. Barking. But positively, not negatively. He doesn't feel connected to you. Not sure who he is. But he's showing himself to me. He wants us to know he'll always be here and will always look out for the family. And that the family is HUGE."

Client leaves. A few hours later I learn that the father of one of my teachers, Sonia Choquette's Papa, had just passed away. I passed the message on to her. I think he wanted her to know how big the family is now. She's touched so many people. Not so sure why I'm sharing it today, almost a year later...but I guess a few of you out there will benefit from knowing this story. I sure loved visiting with him. What a gem.

Deceased loved ones have many ways of communicating with us.
Dream visits. Visits to others to confirm to us. Clairvoyantly. Clairaudiently. Moving objects or turning on/off electrical items in home. Animals...

Do you connect with loved ones in spirit? How?

top 10 responses to "i'm a psychic"

So...what do you do for a living? A psychic, eh?

• Oh! Read me now!
• Oh no! You're not reading me now, are you!???
• You! hahahahaha! You! hahahahahahah! I've never met a psychic before. Sorry for laughing. hahahahaha! You don't look like a psychic! hahahaha!
  
• I think I'm intuitive, too. There was this time when.....and then.....and then.....and then...
• Oh. (insert conversation change here)
• I believe in that.
• So, like, so, how do you do that exactly?
• Tell me the lottery numbers or what good are you.
• Can I have your card?
  
• How fulfilling to teach others about intuition. There's nothing more important than trusting oneself.

Do you tell people you are psychic? Or intuitive? It's enjoyable.

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why people turn to psychics in this economy

(tips for not picking up negative energy)

CBS aired a snippet on one particular business seeing a boom in this uncertain economy....psychics.

Not surprising really. People have questions about their finances, career, job. People want guidance.

But there's another factor, I believe. An actual psychic factor.

Many people who engage in psychic readings are themselves highly sensitive and in tune to psychic energy. Many individuals are highly empathic. As such, many of my clients are actually picking up on the vibe around them; energy of worry, fear, anxiousness as neighbors lose jobs and homes and media broadcasts negative news.

It isn't just thoughts my clients are having, but sensations around them they are also experiencing. So there is a mix of looking for certainty in uncertain times and dealing with uncertainty around us.

For sure there are some psychics out there that prey on fear and even breed fear. Just like there are lawyers, priests, doctors, etc that are unethical. But for sure a good psychic can definitely help, by helping you stay in your own skin, focus on your own purpose and see insightfully into your own blind spots. A good psychic can also help those of you who are highly empathic to not pick up other people's negativity. Here are a few tips I've discovered.

Tips for not picking up other people's negative/uncertain energy:

1. Get grounded. If you are really connected to the earth and your own body, you are less in your head or energy around you. Walk. Dance. Yoga. Be barefoot. Rub your hands together.


2. Shake off. If you know you are empathic or pickup on other people's emotions easily, then assume you may be carrying other people's stuff. Assume it. Make it part of your daily routine, like brushing your teeth, to shake off other people's energy. Literally, shake it off. Or stomp your feet (great one for when kids get home from school, too).


3. Shout or sing it off. If you're bottling up other people's feelings, or your own, loud vocalization is fantastic for clearing. Give a big shout. Or 5 shouts. Say "HA!" Even pound your chest. You'll feel the release. One teacher I know says to do this and shout, "everybody else outta the pool." We are constantly exchanging energy with others. When we know it, we can deal with it.


4. Send off. Put your hand on your belly and say, "If this is not mine, leave. If it is someone else's, gently go back to them. If it is no longer needed, mulch back into the earth." This may sound a bit hokey, but try it. You'll be lighter. It is all intention.


5. Check in and feed. Intentionally focus on any negativity sense you are experiencing. Then notice what you feel in your own body. Feel where it is. Notice its temperature, texture, density. Ask it what it wants and needs. Then place your hand on your heart and provide an answer outloud. You can even ask if the negativity is yours and see what happens. Either way, you can send love to the negativity to help resolve it. See Feeding Your Demons for details.


6. Stay in your own skin. Don't get overly involved in someone else's emotional problems. You can help best when you are objective, neutral. You can be compassionate and still help. Or you can compassionately choose not to help.


7. Do what you love. Doing what you love puts you in heart space. When you are in your own heart and joy it is harder to pickup negativity.


8. Be creative. As a creative being, your mind needs to be creatively engaged. If it isn't, you just get all jumbled up in your head. Even organizing the closet is creative. It keeps you in your own space, too.


9. Work with a psychic. Get guidance on your questions. Get another view of your own blind spots. As you have clarity and get other perspectives on the energy going on, you can move forward more easily and release blocked energy. Often a good psychic will help you validate and refine your perceptions. This all clears negativity, too. I also offer energy work or will sometimes do a short energy tune-up at the beginning or end of a session just to help someone feel clear, more fully themselves.

My son says it is possible to notice whether you are sensing something on the right side of the body (yours) or left side of the body (someone else's). It works.
See: a 12 year old explains how to disconnect.

I wonder how others stay clear of negativity. Always open to new ideas.

the big "O" reading...when intuitive guidance delights

one of my funniest readings ever...when intuitive guidance surprises and delights...

My client looked at me like a deer in headlights. Nervous. What would I tell her?

I affirmed to myself my intention to be truthful, relevant, loving, serving her highest good...and how about some humor to make this easier for her!? Oh, did we get it!

What comes (excuse the pun) to me as guidance is "Orgasm".

Orgasm? What am I supposed to tell her about an orgasm? I wait for more guidance and nothing 'downloads.' So I start asking questions?

• Is there a conflict or concern about orgasms? No.
• Am I supposed to teach her about having orgasms? Odd, I suppose I did say I'm willing to be of service and teaching about having orgasms could sure spread happiness, but not what I had in mind. lol. No.
• Am I just horny and this message is for me and not her? Laugh. No.
• Breathe. More questions. Still nothing else.
• She's come to me for spiritual guidance and all I've got is orgasm. Can I do this work? I'm open to please have some specifics to help her!?! Breathe.
• Breathe. Same message. Orgasm. Nothing else.

Okay. I know how this works. The message is for her, not me. Just say it. See what happens. Sometimes a client understands when I don't. Sometimes the rest of the message flows through once I start speaking.

"Well. I see a (and as soon as I start talking, and trust the message and stop doubting myself, the rest flows like river) Oh. I see. I see you leaving a job that didn't give you an orgasm. You just couldn't get the big O there. You thought it was the perfect job for you, but it was never satisifying. My guidance shows your perception is correct. This job will not be satisifying. It is wise to leave this job."

The client cracks up! "Yes, I just resigned a couple days ago. I was feeling guilty about it, like there was something wrong with me because it was supposed to be the perfect job. But I was unhappy. Thanks for confirming my decision."

Deer in headlights gone and she's fully open now, too. Divine humor. Lovely.

The reading goes on full of specific guidance about her life's purpose and patterns, talents and how to work with them, a new business opportunity, choices about having children and other critical and highly specific topics.

Half way through the reading....and my guidance is that it's time for "hard wood".

All I can think about is the relationship to orgasm, ahem, and how 'hard wood' is good. Oh my. Do I need sex or something? What is up with this message? Is this about sex? Am I missing something? Breathe. Yep. Just say it, Meredith.

"Hun. Not sure what this means, but I see it is time for hard wood, " I share.

She chuckles and tells me she totally knows what that means. And again, once I let the guidance flow, more follows, "Oh. Me, too. I see you working with wood. Taking trees and shaping them into objects." She confirms.

"Yes, working with this wood is very good for you. In fact, it is your orgasm! Wink. Really. You can pour yourself into this. But I am getting the guidance that this is not for financial comfort, just the orgasm. Enjoy it. Keep the new business for prosperity."

Well, I learned to continue to ask for humor, along with the truth and service. I was reminded that intuitions often arrive like breadcrumbs: follow one and the next shows itself. And it is fun to be surprised and delighted in a reading. Just ask for it. Synchronicities and coincidences of humor and joy will find you.

Let intuition be a delight.

antennas on standby

"So...like...are you picking stuff up now? Can you really turn being psychic on and off?" a friend asked me recently.

"Antennas are down. But I'm on standby," I explained.

See, I don't want to be 'on' all the time, picking up things that aren't meant for me.

I'm in standby mode..

1. if I'm needed, beep me in

2. if there's something I need, alert me

That's how it works for me, at least at this point. I think I'd be zapped to a crisp any other way. I think I sometimes put the antenna down too much, as a way of keeping balance. Disconnect. Everybody outta my pool. My space. But that changes.

For sure, I'm continually exploring this concept of on-off and growing with it. The idea of antennas works for me for sure...as I picture there are various channels/frequencies that I can choose to tune into (and not tune into...it's a choice).

Besides, I don't think people want to feel like I'm reading them, you know? If they are open, and it's important, the antennas will come off standby.

The ideal for me now is standby.

do you happen to be a genetic scientist?

"How will my husband do with a move?" I'm asked.

"Hmmm. Seems like his work opportunities wouldn't really be satisfying.

It's kinda like this example..."

"A genetic scientist could be working on the whole genome or a chromosome. He's currently doing more big picture, whole genome, many variables. But he'd like to work on a focused topic, like a single chromosome, one genetic issue. And that opportunity for focusing exists here, not if you move. He'd be giving up the type of work and problems that satisfy him."

The consultation continues on various topics. As the client is leaving, she turns around and says, "Oh. By the way, my husband IS a genetic scientist."

Tee, hee. I knew it was a helpful example, but I didn't even know it was that literal.

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AND...to be continued...

Last week I was consulting with someone and told that story as an example of how intuition can work. Intend...then notice what you notice and share. Sometimes it can feel like a very clear thought. The story seemed useful, but a bit out of place...as if a different story would be better for her, but ahhh, I get what I get.

The next client sat down. I asked how he heard about me. "My wife," he says.

And immediately, I know. "Ahhhh, you don't happen to be a genetic scientist, do you?"

"That's me. Seems you may have some information for me, too."

Double tee, hee.

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OH, AND....

As we're consulting, I'm aware of some personal noise I accumulated from someone who frequently told me scientists won't get this kind of thing. They need proof. Even though I know to share freely, I'm hearing his voice track a few times, breathing, releasing it and just doing what I do. The scientist listened and asked intently. I shared like I would with any client.

Then I noticed a pattern I've seen. Sometimes (not always), highly 'in tune' people get messages that are more breadcrumbs and guidance on how to proceed, not the laid out answer. And he's getting the breadcrumbs. Ah, ha. Perhaps this scientist is highly in tune. Personal noise, down boy! Breathe.

Then, upon leaving, the scientist smiles, gives me a knowing wink, and says, "It's always nice to get spiritual guidance."

Motto: Just do what you do. Some will like it, some won't. Whatev.

on a not so serious note

I did a couple readings for a mom whose daughter died recently. She wanted to, and we did, communicate with her daughter.

I wish the mom could feel, hear and see what I'm seeing. There's the mom, there's the daughter...they are on different planes, in different bodies...but I'm looking at their consciousness and their purpose and their connection and the beautiful interchange between them. I wish she could see how thin the boundary really is.

I enjoyed myself. I could hear the daughter's accent and feel her bright, mischievious and purposeful spirit. And the mom's spirit is so vibrant even in the midst of this sadness.

My teacher said my job is to just 'show up' and do what I do, be who I am. That's all I did. No more important than any other reading, no less important than any other reading. In fact, this person was experiencing significantly less distress than many who ask questions about relationships, career, moving, health and the like.

I think the mom, like many of my clients, is moving towards this thinner boundary. I think she'll be instrumental in others noticing this, as well. Bright spot on my day to see anyone tackling grief with such grace.

um, I changed my question

I was doing a reading for someone, after having already done about 8 readings. I was doing the reading blind, which means the person thinks of the question without telling me. I love that. Keeps me super focused on the energy I am sensing since I have no pre-conceived notions at all about the topic.

So I started reading, I started to get a sense of some energy but it was very vague and didn’t quite understand it yet, when suddenly it just.... disappeared...... I tried to focus, but couldn’t get it back. I thought perhaps I’d lost my train of thought from doing so many readings or something and said to the person, “hmm…now where were we…I lost track.”

She started laughing and said, “Um. Sorry. I just changed my question.” We both cracked up. All in a days work. I love my job.

simply clean off the bed

Once I was doing a blind reading, where I didn’t know the person’s question, and all I could see was a vagina. I wasn’t quite sure why, yet. I shared what I saw, chuckled a bit to put her at ease and went on. But then I started to see all this clutter around her. Like dirty clothes on the bed and everything felt messy and overwhelming. I started to explain what was needed.

She stopped me and said, “I just have to tell you my question now. I wasn’t sure I wanted to ask it but I’m glad I did. I’ve been frustrated because I just have NO libido right now. I’m not into it at all and it really is bothering me, not to mention my husband. I feel like I have to force myself.”

Sure enough, she needed to clean off the bed and make a beautiful room for their love. Messes can really can get in the way of all kinds of things.

Hope she’s enjoying herself now. That would be worthwhile work.

that’s so simple. i don’t get it.

“That’s it!?! But it’s so simple I don’t get it.” My client kept asking me to repeat it. And she even repeated it herself. “Just love her. Just hold her. Don’t fix her right now. Just love her? That's it? Are you sure?”

The busy, and well intended suburban mom, has been pushing her daughter. Fixing her. Helping her. Trying to make it easier for her. But I could see, that her daughter just wanted to be held and accepted for who she is. “Just love her. Like she is. Right now. There’s plenty of time in the future for guiding ,teaching. Right now, she just needs to be loved. Nothing would help her more than your confidence in her. Each time you race in to give her an idea and redirect her, fix her, you are actually, though unintentionally, undermining her. Just let her be for a bit. Just love her. Just love her.”

She kept looking at me incredulously and said, “Wow. I just really don’t know how to do that. I’m always helping. I’m not sure what I’m going to do.” Just love her.

Is this the sign of our suburban, affluent times and we want the best for our kids so we push? She is such a loving mother. I hope she just stops and loves.

so, is it like fortune telling, or what?

Or what. I think each person has control over their choices and free will and I look for ways to empower that thinking. I suppose sometimes I do see the future and what will happen, but only when certain choices are already in motion and it will help the person to hold their vision, change their vision to match what they really want, or to help them prepare for how they will handle the experience.

“I don’t really get it.”

You make your own fortune. Sometimes when I work with someone, they reveal it to me through their heart when their mind is still blocking seeing it. I see it only when their heart wants the conscious mind to know.

“I still don’t get it.”

I help people get in touch with their own intuition.

“Great. I’ll do that.”

Okay.

are you reading me now?

“Are you reading me now?” “What do you pick up on for me?”

I used to get those questions all the time when I first came out of the closet about being psychic. I wasn’t sure how to respond at first, which is I’m sure why I got the question.

Now I just say, “Oh, just that you’re a lovely person. Besides that, I’m off duty and have the antennae down. And I wouldn’t go around peering into your private business anyway…wouldn’t that be annoying?” Smile.